[...] While we are on the subject of netboot issue, I also spotted something odd. AFAIK, the ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso and ubuntu-12.10-server-amd64.iso do not provide working netboot images for PXE network install. Please see my test report in this regard: http://www.mail-archive.com/cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org/msg08210.html As a result of my digging around, I found lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso (never tried it before). But the iso IMHO has a funny aspect to it. Lets take a look of the above iso's content, loop mounted on /mnt: [root@cobbler quantal]# pwd /mnt/dists/quantal [root@cobbler quantal]# ls -lR .: total 17 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 main dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 multiverse -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8436 Oct 17 00:26 Release -r--r--r-- 1 root root 198 Oct 17 00:26 Release.gpg dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 restricted dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 universe ./main: total 10 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-amd64 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-i386 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 debian-installer dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 dist-upgrader dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 source [...] ./main/debian-installer: total 2 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-amd64 ./main/debian-installer/binary-amd64: total 30 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 30259 Oct 17 00:26 Packages.gz [...] ./universe: total 8 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-amd64 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-i386 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 debian-installer dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:25 source ./universe/binary-amd64: total 48 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 48538 Oct 17 00:26 Packages.gz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 101 Oct 17 00:26 Release [...] ./universe/debian-installer: total 2 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Oct 17 00:26 binary-amd64 ./universe/debian-installer/binary-amd64: total 1 -r--r--r-- 8 root root 20 Oct 17 00:26 Packages.gz [...] Note that the Packages.gz in universe/debian-installer/binary-amd64 has no content, but its counterpart in universe/binary-amd64 does. I have tried to use the iso burned to a CD to do an install. The Lubunbun desktop did get installed, even without an Internet connection (I pulled the wire ;-) But up to now, if I try to do a PXE network install, the only way that I can get a desktop installed is to add a locally mirrored repository with a d-i apt-setup/local0/repository ... preseed debconf-set-selections command. I even tried to replace the Packages.gz in universe/debian-installer/binary-amd64 with the result of dpkg-scanpackages, gzipped, but the graphical login is still missing after the install. Regards, -- Zack